A few things I find interesting...
Most teens who use alcohol, cigarettes and marijuana do so by the time they are 15. Among teens who admit to smoking, drinking or having tried marijuana, by age 15: 95 percent have had their first cigarette; 93 percent their first drink and 86 percent their first joint.
Also...
This year’s survey is the first time that a higher percentage of teens finds marijuana easier to buy than cigarettes and beer. Such teens have a risk of substance abuse one and a half times greater than average.
Teens who perceive marijuana as “not harmful” are at more than two and a half times greater substance-abuse risk than teens who think marijuana is “very harmful.”
One of the popular arguments from the pro pot crowd is how harmless it is...
One of the popular arguments from the pro pot crowd is how harmless it is...
So counter them with facts - not scare stories about "psychosis" (much less "ODs" as one Drug Warrior was peddling on this thread). Lie to kids about the harms of marijuana and get caught, and they won't believe the truth about the harms of marijuana.
I suspect that that organization sees any and all pot use as "abuse".
That’s a retarded little stat. Kids that don’t see a drug as harmful probably do drugs (more than just pot) and therefore can have a problem, kids that see the same drug as harmful probably don’t do any drugs and therefore can’t have a problem. So yeah kids that do drugs are indeed more likely to have drug problems than those who don’t, that doesn’t mean the particular drug in question (pot) is harmful.
it's statistically less harmful than tobacco or alcohol
if you think prohibition is for our own good, then why not outlaw alcohol and tobacco, those two drugs alone account for 93% of all drug related deaths...answer?
reminder...alcohol and tobacco are the sole cause of over 1,000,000 deaths per year...cannabis is the sole cause of ZERO deaths per year
what are YOU doing to outlaw dangerous drugs like alcohol and tobacco...and how can i help? ;^)